Data Carriers and Data carrier type

[former_member1282879]

Hi Sap Gurus,

Pls let me know is there any necesssity of defining any new Data Carrier types other than PC,

if so at what circumstances and requirements,

also pls throw some light about data Carriers, when is the new data carriers required to be created

at what circumstances and requirements.

is that to access a document from different server or Different system, if it is so why is this required as the documents are always stored in a central content server and Once checked in, any one can access the document from Server,

2) can we make use of Application softwares Installed in one System and make it run in another system, example,

if there are say 4 system totally, among this S1 system1 has Autocad Installed in it ,

rest of the 3 system have not installed Autocad, Can the system 2,3 and 4 edit the auto cad drawings in there system, does at this situations where Datacarries and Data carries types come in to picture,

Please throw some light on this

Thanks and regards

Sathish

[christoph_hopf]

Hi Sathish,

generally there is no need to define more data carriers than PC. This customizing in transaction DC20 is used for DMS if you handle original files.

So let' assume you have maintained only frontend type PC with a path like C:\temp\. Then every time you display an original in CV03N or CV02N the system creates a local copy in directory C:\temp\ for this original. This is controlled by the maintained path in transaction DC20 for the frontend type. If you now want to make sure that there could be more then one path, you can create an additional frontend type. Your users may then select the frontend type by using the menu 'Extras' >> 'Change Frontend type'. However this is only possible if you users have maintained the windows environment variable 'HOSTNAME' in the system settings of their PCs. If not they can only use the frontend type where the DEFAULT entry is created.

This DEFAULT entry is maintained for frontendtypes under point "Identify frontend computers" by clicking on the button 'Default entry'.By making a DEFAULT entry in this table, you can identify all standard computers for which no "HOSTNAME" variable has been maintained. Otherwise you need to maintain an entry for each front end computer. Please also see the information given by the info button.

I hope this information is useful for you. So at the beginning it is not necessary to have more then one frontend type but you should have maintained the DEFAULT entry for it in DC20.

Best regards,

Christoph

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[former_member1282879]

Dear Christoph Hopf,

Thanks a lot for your Quick Response

as you have Explained,i assume it is mainly used to store a local copy or extra copy of the Original application files in the system which we use to View them, or if we feel to store the copy in any other system also.

Example Say there are 3 systems S1, S2 and S3

if we are viewing an original file in System S1 and want the same Copy to be stored in System S2 or S3.....

then this data carrier configuration is required if iam right?

But Sir apart from this funtionality can i also know the SAP definition purpose, as it defines data carrier type as below

The system requires the data carrier type in order to exchange data with other data carriers.

This is the case, for example, if the user:

wants to process original application files stored on another computer

wants to use an application installed on another computer

if i can interpret this in right way

it tells us that, by use of data carrier and Data carrier types

we can access a original file stored in Different systems,

if it is so why is this required as the documents are always stored in a central content server and Once checked in, any one can access the document from Server,

2) can we make use of Application softwares Installed in one System and make it run in another system, example,

if there are say 3 system totally, among this S1 system1 has Autocad Installed in it ,

rest of the 2 system have not installed Autocad, Can the system 2, and 3 edit the auto cad drawings in there system, does at this situations where Datacarries and Data carries types come in to picture,

if so how is this made possible?

pls explain with example or Screen shots in Wiki if possible

can u tell me what is the difference between Datacarrier and Datacarrier types with any examples as well

Thanks and regards

Sathish

Edited by: sathish kumar on May 22, 2008 2:17 AM

[christoph_hopf]

Dear Sathish,

the data carrier which is used to define some fixed path or network directory could be maintained in transaction DC20 under the point 'Define mountpoint...'. Here you can create a data carrier and maintain also some fixed path which is used for the original path in DMS later.

So if you maintain a mountpoint with some path prefix like E:\test\ and use this in DMS transaction

for adding a original, this prefix will always be mentioned and you do not have to enter it all the time.

For further information please see the blue information button under 'Define mountpoint...' in DC20 too.

Best regards,

Christoph